Featured Hello & Happy 4th of July!

lol, Yeah, I am goin with gregsglass on this one!
Did the Met make some mistakes early on? YES! but, let's not lose sight of the fact that in 1920, there was not a single piece of American furniture in ANY museum in the nation. Why? because American furniture was considered inferior to european and was not considered worthy of collecting.
The Met persuaded Mrs Russell Sage to purchase the Eugene Bowles furniture collection and donate it to them, the finest collection of early american furniture EVER and, which serves as the foundation of the American Wing exhibition. I think Mrs Sage also provided the funds to build the New American Wing as well to house Bowles collection.
Bottom Line? Did the Met make some mistakes? Yes but, the fact remains that collecting american furniture was a very radical notion at that time, it just wasn't being done or even thought about. Without the foresight of the Met & generosity of Mrs Sage in 1920, America would have probably lost FOREVER a national treasure of early americana.
ALL HAIL THE MET! they did well, very well indeed considering it was 1920

 

Any chance this thread can be moved to furniture forum? We have kinda gone way beyond Hello!

 

Thanks! whoever put this in furniture thread!

 

Here, threads have a way of finding a life of their own.......

 

Here, threads have a way of finding a life of their own.......

Hmmmm, I am not following you? How so?

 

Threads tend to go from one subject to another, because many of us do. Some threads cover over ten subjects, with a lot of nonsense/fun in between. As I always say, it is good for the brain.

 

Yeah, i see what you mean. This thread has already gone from HELLO! to pilgrim chests, to the Met conservation/restoration policies!

 

It's the way we roll.......
If you're interesting , you'll get comments.....if not...then not, but almost all serious questions get answers in ten minutes to 2 days......

 

Welcome aboard.

And that is such a handsome piece.

 

THANK YOU! It's kind of a transitional piece, it has 17th century construction with a nod to the current fashion, william & mary.